diff --git a/man/systemd-analyze.xml b/man/systemd-analyze.xml
index a3a3ce0e54..e74739498c 100644
--- a/man/systemd-analyze.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-analyze.xml
@@ -297,13 +297,23 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>--no-man</option></term>
+        <term><option>--man=no</option></term>
 
         <listitem><para>Do not invoke man to verify the existence of
         man pages listed in <varname>Documentation=</varname>.
         </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--generators</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Invoke unit generators, see
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+        Some generators require root privileges. When run under a
+        normal users, enabling generators will generally result in
+        some warnings.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
       <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
 
diff --git a/src/analyze/analyze-verify.c b/src/analyze/analyze-verify.c
index 375b457ae8..f34c24c53a 100644
--- a/src/analyze/analyze-verify.c
+++ b/src/analyze/analyze-verify.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int verify_unit(Unit *u, bool check_man) {
         return r;
 }
 
-int verify_units(char **filenames, UnitFileScope scope, bool check_man) {
+int verify_units(char **filenames, UnitFileScope scope, bool check_man, bool run_generators) {
         _cleanup_(sd_bus_error_free) sd_bus_error err = SD_BUS_ERROR_NULL;
         _cleanup_free_ char *var = NULL;
         Manager *m = NULL;
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ int verify_units(char **filenames, UnitFileScope scope, bool check_man) {
 
         Unit *units[strv_length(filenames)];
         int i, count = 0;
+        const uint8_t flags = MANAGER_TEST_RUN_ENV_GENERATORS |
+                              run_generators * MANAGER_TEST_RUN_GENERATORS;
 
         if (strv_isempty(filenames))
                 return 0;
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ int verify_units(char **filenames, UnitFileScope scope, bool check_man) {
 
         assert_se(set_unit_path(var) >= 0);
 
-        r = manager_new(scope, MANAGER_TEST_RUN_ENV_GENERATORS, &m);
+        r = manager_new(scope, flags, &m);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to initialize manager: %m");
 
diff --git a/src/analyze/analyze-verify.h b/src/analyze/analyze-verify.h
index d8204dc69c..d5466ecdf9 100644
--- a/src/analyze/analyze-verify.h
+++ b/src/analyze/analyze-verify.h
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@
 
 #include "path-lookup.h"
 
-int verify_units(char **filenames, UnitFileScope scope, bool check_man);
+int verify_units(
+                char **filenames,
+                UnitFileScope scope,
+                bool check_man,
+                bool run_generators);
diff --git a/src/analyze/analyze.c b/src/analyze/analyze.c
index a6a36a3d2e..0e0fb08922 100644
--- a/src/analyze/analyze.c
+++ b/src/analyze/analyze.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static BusTransport arg_transport = BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL;
 static char *arg_host = NULL;
 static bool arg_user = false;
 static bool arg_man = true;
+static bool arg_generators = false;
 
 struct boot_times {
         usec_t firmware_time;
@@ -1413,6 +1414,7 @@ static void help(void) {
                "     --fuzz=SECONDS        Also print also services which finished SECONDS\n"
                "                           earlier than the latest in the branch\n"
                "     --man[=BOOL]          Do [not] check for existence of man pages\n\n"
+               "     --generators[=BOOL]   Do [not] run unit generators (requires privileges)\n\n"
                "Commands:\n"
                "  time                     Print time spent in the kernel\n"
                "  blame                    Print list of running units ordered by time to init\n"
@@ -1445,6 +1447,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 ARG_FUZZ,
                 ARG_NO_PAGER,
                 ARG_MAN,
+                ARG_GENERATORS,
         };
 
         static const struct option options[] = {
@@ -1459,6 +1462,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 { "fuzz",         required_argument, NULL, ARG_FUZZ             },
                 { "no-pager",     no_argument,       NULL, ARG_NO_PAGER         },
                 { "man",          optional_argument, NULL, ARG_MAN              },
+                { "generators",   optional_argument, NULL, ARG_GENERATORS       },
                 { "host",         required_argument, NULL, 'H'                  },
                 { "machine",      required_argument, NULL, 'M'                  },
                 {}
@@ -1541,6 +1545,20 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
                         break;
 
+                case ARG_GENERATORS:
+                        if (optarg) {
+                                r = parse_boolean(optarg);
+                                if (r < 0) {
+                                        log_error("Failed to parse --generators= argument.");
+                                        return -EINVAL;
+                                }
+
+                                arg_generators = !!r;
+                        } else
+                                arg_generators = true;
+
+                        break;
+
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1566,7 +1584,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (streq_ptr(argv[optind], "verify"))
                 r = verify_units(argv+optind+1,
                                  arg_user ? UNIT_FILE_USER : UNIT_FILE_SYSTEM,
-                                 arg_man);
+                                 arg_man,
+                                 arg_generators);
         else {
                 _cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;